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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v DONALD EDWARD FLYNN, Defendant-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED July 21, 2011

No. 298345 Wayne Circuit Court LC No. 10-001213-FH

Before: MURRAY, P.J., and FITZGERALD and RONAYNE KRAUSE, JJ. PER CURIAM. Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted of aggravated indecent exposure, MCL 750.335a(2)(b), for which he was sentenced to one year in jail. He appeals as of right, and we affirm. Defendant, who is proceeding in propria persona on appeal, argues that because in 1986 he declared his independence as a citizen thereby severing any relationship with the state of Michigan, he was immune from prosecution because he did not consent to being prosecuted. He further argues that the trial court did not have personal or subject-matter jurisdiction because he did not consent to the court's jurisdiction and because the state's authority is limited to the regulation of commerce. Defendant's failure to cite any relevant legal authority in support of these arguments alone precludes appellate relief. Sowels v Laborers' Int'l Union of North America, 112 Mich App 616, 624; 317 NW2d 195 (1981). In any event, there is no merit to defendant's arguments. The consent that is relevant in this case is the congressional consent to Michigan joining the Union on January 26, 1837. US Const, art IV,

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